There is “no question,” of the positive benefits that could be reaped from migration, if the world implements the UN Global Compact, an all-inclusive agreement to make migration safe and orderly. That's the view of UN Special Representative for International migration, Louise Arbour, who spoke with Mustafa al-Gamal of UN News ahead of next week's Compact conference in Morocco.

As thousands of political leaders, advocates and private sector representatives from around the world are gathered in Katowice, Poland, for the COP24 conference, to define concrete guidelines for climate action, one person stands out: Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba, who was recently appointed Special Envoy for the Climate Change Summit 2019. Mr. de Alba spoke with UN News’s Yasmina Guerda.

For the 14th year in a row, the Mobile Film Festival rounded up videos from around the world to promote emerging talent from around this globe, this time, with the support of the UN. The Festival founder, Bruno Smadja, told Cristina Silveiro of UN News why making the competitiong accessible has been so important.

What’s it really like to be a victim of child trafficking? The founders of non-profit, Street Art for Mankind, that fights child trafficking using art from around the globe, are trying to provide the answer. For this latest edition of our UN News Lid is On podcast, Natalie Hutchison went along to find out more.

A recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warns that urgent climate action is needed if the world is to limit global warming to 1.5 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels.